Wednesday, August 28
🚨NATION
📌 Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr. added to Trump transition team (CNN)
📌 More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney Republican staffers endorse Kamala Harris (AXIOS)
📌 Kamala Harris to sit down for first major interview since becoming nominee (CNN)
📌 Judge blocks Biden administration from granting legal status to immigrant spouses of US citizens (CBS NEWS)
📌 Trump staff had altercation during controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery (NPR)
📌 Two workers killed and a third injured in an explosion at a Delta Air Lines facility in Atlanta (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Top US, China officials to meet on military, Taiwan, fentanyl (REUTERS)
📌 New protests over rape and murder of Indian doctor see police use water cannon, tear gas on demonstrators (CBS NEWS)
📌 Ukraine’s F-16 jets get first aerial kills (DEFENSE NEWS)
📌 Ukraine to present 'victory plan' to US (BBC)
📌 Germany's grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Americans are taking a lot more sick days — and Gen Z is leading the charge (BI)
📌 Vaccine hesitancy eats into back-to-school shots (AXIOS)
📌 US awards $521 million in grants to boost EV charging network (REUTERS)
📌 Ikea trials resale website to rival eBay and Gumtree (BBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 British rock band Oasis announces reunion tour 15 years after break up (CNN)
📌 The Paralympic Games open today, some 4,400 athletes will compete for 549 medals across 22 sports over 11 days in Paris (ABC NEWS)
📌 Kelce brothers sign deal with Amazon for ‘New Heights’ podcast worth more than $100 million (VARIETY)
📌 Mariah Carey says her mother and sister died on the same day (NPR)
Tuesday, August 27
🚨NATION
📌 Special counsel urges appeals court to reinstate classified documents case against Trump (AP)
📌 Trump & Harris now debating about their first debate (POLITICO)
📌 Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet outages (KING TV)
📌 Texas AG raids homes of Latino civil rights group members, setting up a voting rights showdown (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Germany's leader promises more deportations after visiting mass stabbing scene (REUTERS)
📌 As Russia unleashed a massive air attack, Ukrainian civilians' resilience kicked in (NBC NEWS)
📌 Prosecutors probe captain of superyacht that sank off Sicily, lawyer says (AP)
📌 Australia is the latest country to give workers the 'right to disconnect' after hours (NPR)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Americans set to spend a total of $39 billion on back-to-school shopping this year (CNN)
📌 Apple announces iPhone event for Sept. 9 (NBC NEWS)
📌 Heat-related deaths climbed 117% over 25 years (CBS NEWS)
📌 Judge orders ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli to surrender all copies of rare Wu-Tang Clan album (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 NFL changes kickoff rules and bans hip-drop tackles (AXIOS)
📌 The biggest star of the US Open: A cocktail that brought in $10 million (BI)
📌 Trump campaign disputes Foo Fighters over unauthorized use of music at rally (VARIETY)
📌 Bradley Whitford slams Cheryl Hines for not speaking out against husband RFK Jr (VARIETY)
📌 Environmental group calls for investigation into RFK Jr. incident with a chainsaw and a whale (THE WRAP)
Monday, August 26
🚨NATION
📌 Harris campaign says it's raised $540 million and saw a surge of donations during the convention (AP)
📌 Hurricane Hone brings heavy rain, winds to Hawaii’s Big Island (NBC NEWS)
📌 Secret Service places at least 5 agents on leave in Trump assassination attempt probe (MO NEWS)
📌 Small grocers feel squeezed by suppliers, and shoppers bear the pain (WASHINGTON POST)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Israel and Hezbollah both claim victory after night of heavy fighting (AXIOS)
📌 Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners of war as Ukraine marks independence anniversary (AP)
📌 Man arrested over suspected terror attack explosion at French synagogue (TIMES OF ISREAL)
📌 Telegram app founder Pavel Durov arrested at French airport (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Free at-home COVID testing program restarting as officials prepare for fall, winter season (ABC NEWS)
📌 Alice Walton (heiress to Walmart) is the world's richest woman — and may soon be worth $100 billion (BI)
📌 How SpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn private spacewalk will work, launch today (SPACE)
📌 NBA says Warner Bros Discovery lacks reach & cash to challenge Amazon TV rights deal (DEADLINE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Justin and Hailey Bieber have their first child (USA TODAY)
📌 ‘Ted Lasso’ eyes Season 4 with main cast members returning (VARIETY)
📌 Ben Affleck, 52, is 'hanging out' with RFK Jr.'s daughter Kick Kennedy, 36, amid Jennifer Lopez divorce (DAILY MAIL)
📌 Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce host Blake Lively birthday bash at Rhode Island beach house (TMZ)
📌 Jenna Ortega says she deleted Twitter after seeing explicit AI images of herself as a minor (NBC NEWS)
Friday, August 23
🚨NATION
📌 Gus Walz broke the internet after showing his emotional love for his father. Then the bullying began (USA TODAY)
📌 RFK Jr likely endorsing Trump today; How will it impact race? (NATE SILVER)
📌 Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure (CNN)
📌 California hospital told woman's family she had checked out when she was actually dead, new lawsuit says (NBC NEWS)
📌 FBI probes insect attack on Democratic breakfast in Chicago (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Taliban passes laws banning women’s voices and faces in public (AP)
📌 Mexico to bring charges against cartel leader — for turning over another drug lord to US (CBS NEWS)
📌 Israeli demands for troops in Gaza blocking truce deal, sources say (REUTERS)
📌 Zelenskyy visits border area as Ukraine continues invasion of Russia (AP)
📌 Russia opens criminal investigation into CNN correspondent for reporting in Ukrainian-occupied Russia (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Canadian freight railroads shut down, dealing a potential blow to North America’s economy (CNN)
📌 Google agrees to America’s first newsroom funding deal. It’s already unpopular. (POLITICO)
📌 SpaceX is set to launch an ambitious mission featuring the first civilian spacewalk (CNBC)
📌 Home sales rise for the first time in five months as the number of listings grows (MARKET WATCH)
📌 Nearly 60% of baby foods in the U.S. don't meet nutritional guidelines, study says (NPR)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 TMZ roasted for inaccurately reporting Beyonce appearance at DNC (THE WRAP)
📌 Steph Curry endorses Kamala Harris at convention (YAHOO)
📌 Trump's campaign removes video featuring Beyoncé song after artist sent cease and desist (USA TODAY)
📌 Taylor Swift breaks silence on Vienna terrorism plot (USA TODAY)
Thursday, August 22
🚨NATION
📌 At least 55 arrested after clashes with police outside Israeli Consulate in Chicago during DNC (AP)
📌 MIT’s Black student enrollment drops significantly after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling (NBC NEWS)
📌 Trump holds first outdoor rally since assassination attempt (AP)
📌 Woman jumps fence at NJ zoo and tries to touch 500 lb. Bengal tiger (PEOPLE)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital (REUTERS)
📌 Key mediator Egypt expresses skepticism about the Gaza cease-fire proposal as more details emerge (PBS)
📌 Pair of missing scissors leads to delays and cancellations at Japan airport (NBC NEWS)
📌 Police raid Andrew Tate’s home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors (AP)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Canada's looming rail strike poses threat to US supply chains (BBC)
📌 Federal judge throws out US ban on noncompetes (NPR)
📌 Ford adjusts EV lineup, adds hybrids, to protect profits (AXIOS)
📌 As strength training gets more popular, Peloton and Planet Fitness shift focus (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 The DNC roll call featured a musical salute to each state. Here's what your state chose (NPR)
📌 Richard Simmons’ Death Was “Accidental” and “Due to Complications From Recent Falls and Heart Diseases” (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Adam Sandler says ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ starts filming in ‘a couple weeks,’ teases Travis Kelce cameo and a ‘juicy part’ for Benny Safdie (VARIETY)
📌 Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service As Reality TV Comes Home To Roost (DEADLINE)
Wednesday, August 21
🚨NATION
📌 Long recovery underway after deadly and destructive floods ravage Connecticut, New York (USA TODAY)
📌 Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools (ABC NEWS)
📌 Democratic delegates approve platform with mistake mentioning Biden's second term (FOX NEWS)
📌 New fencing goes up outside DNC a day after pro-Palestinian protesters breach outer barrier (CNN)
📌 Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says (AP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Biden approved secret nuclear strategy refocusing on Chinese threat (NY TIMES)
📌 British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, among six missing after yacht sinks off Italy (REUTERS)
📌 Kenyan man being held over the discovery of dismembered female bodies escapes from police custody (NBC NEWS)
📌 Spain's Maria Branyas Morera, world's oldest living person, dies at 117, her family says (CBS NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Food industry pushes back against Kamala Harris’s ‘price gouging’ plan (WSJ)
📌 Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug slashes the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 94% in long-term trial (CNBC)
📌 Mpox "not the new COVID," World Health Organization says after declaring health emergency over Africa cases (CBS NEWS)
📌 Elon Musk’s Twitter deal may be the worst leveraged buyout deal for banks since Lehman, raising risks to Tesla (FORTUNE)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Alicia Silverstone alarms fans by appearing to eat poisonous fruit in TikTok video (NBC NEWS)
📌 World No. 1 Jannik Sinner won’t be suspended after twice testing positive for banned substance (CNN)
📌 ‘Call Her Daddy’ host Alex Cooper inks multiyear deal with SiriusXM worth up to $125 million for exclusive content (VARIETY)
📌 James Taylor addresses scrapped performance at DNC 2024: 'Sorry to disappoint' (USA TODAY)
Tuesday, August 20
🚨NATION
📌 Manhattan’s DA’s office does not explicitly oppose delaying Trump’s sentencing until after the election (ABC)
📌 Trump posts fake AI images of Taylor Swift and Swifties, falsely suggesting he has the singer’s support (CNN)
📌 Floods from thunderstorms lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut (AP)
📌 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who plan to “shut down” the DNC this week are taking from cues college campus protests, which were orchestrated with the help of an encrypted messaging network that also shares pro-Hamas content. (POLITICO)
📌 Rare “doomsday fish’ found off the coast of Southern California (PEOPLE)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 U.S. confirms Israel has accepted a ceasefire/hostage deal proposal and urges Hamas to do the same (TIMES OF ISRAEL)
📌 Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups claim responsibility for suicide bombing in Tel Aviv (REUTERS)
📌 Ukraine strikes bridges in Russia, aiming to entrap troops (NEW YORK TIMES)
📌 Multiple people including British tech tycoon missing after yacht sinks off the coast of Sicily (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 New rules for realtors will make buying a home more complicated, but could save buyers and sellers money (BUSINESS INSIDER)
📌 “Steepest” rollercoaster in the world coming to Six Flags next year (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Lamborghini’s first EV is nearly ready (THE VERGE)
📌 SpaceX is about to send four people on a wild — and risky — mission (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Danielle Fishel, Boy Meets World star, reveals she has breast cancer (CNN)
📌 Michael Oher, inspiration behind The Blind Side, speaks out for first time since suing the Tuohy family (PEOPLE)
📌 How to strengthen your happiness muscle (NEW YORK TIMES)
Friday, August 9
🚨NATION
📌 New bodycam video shows moment police saw shooter just before Trump assassination attempt (CNN)
📌 RFK Jr. and his gradually disappearing campaign (NBC)
📌 Georgia State Election Board passes new rule allowing county boards to demand more information before certifying an election (CNN)
📌 Tropical Storm Debby makes second U.S. landfall in South Carolina (NBC NEWS)
📌 Romanian oligarch hired Hunter Biden to influence US policy, special counsel says (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Hindus in Bangladesh facing mob violence, some trying to flee to India (MO NEWS)
📌 Russia seeks 15-year sentence for US-Russian ballerina (BBC)
📌 Strong earthquake with 7.1 magnitude hits off southern Japan, sparking new concern over major quakes (CBS NEWS)
📌 Why Ukraine is now invading Russian territory (MO NEWS)
🎧 A breakdown of the latest global threats, the war in Ukraine and how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan would take place on the latest edition of the Mo News Interview podcast. (MO NEWS INTERVIEW | Apple | Spotify)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 A look at Boeing’s new outsider CEO (CNBC)
📌 Nasdaq, S&P 500 end 2% higher in rally after US jobless data (REUTERS)
📌 Covid fell to 10th leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, down from 4th (NBC NEWS)
📌 Paramount cuts 15% of US staff, writes down $6 billion in latest sign of TV troubles (CNN)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Pregnant Cardi B details "freak accident" that nearly left her paralyzed (E!)
📌 A 16-year-old is set to become the youngest male U.S. track Olympian in history (NBC NEWS)
📌 Noah Lyles reveals covid diagnosis after winning bronze in 200 meters (ESPN)
📌 Steph Curry, LeBron James dominate as Team USA pulls off miraculous comeback to advance to gold medal game (FOX NEWS)
Thursday, August 8
🚨NATION
📌 Tropical Storm Debby churns up the East Coast, and affects weather as far away as the Great Lakes (AP)
📌 Senate investigation into Coast Guard finds that sexual misconduct is a ‘pervasive problem’ throughout the service (CNN)
📌 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock (AXIOS)
📌 President Biden says he is not confident there will be a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses (CBS NEWS)
📌 Bob Woodward's new book tells story of Biden's "three wars" (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Russia says Ukrainian troops crossed into its territory and launched ‘massive attack’ (CNN)
📌 UK, Egypt issue alerts for Iran, Lebanon airspace as risks of military conflict rise (REUTERS)
📌 Polish man sentenced to four months, deported from Denmark for June assault on Danish prime minister (AP)
📌 After violent riots, thousands of counterprotesters gather in UK (NY TIMES)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 NASA: Americans should leave cities this weekend to check out Perseid Meteor Shower (DAILY MAIL)
📌'Bluey' coins worth $400,000 stolen by Australian warehouse worker, police say (REUTERS)
📌 Deadlier strain of mpox spreads to more countries, raising officials’ alarm (CNN)
📌 Warmest ocean temperatures in 400 years threaten Great Barrier Reef (AXIOS)
📌 Beyonce, PlayStation games help Sony post a 10% jump in profits (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Rapper Nelly arrested for ecstasy possession at Missouri casino (NY POST)
📌 Australian field hockey Olympian breaks silence after arrest for allegedly buying cocaine in Paris (FOX NEWS)
📌 Lauryn Hill and the Fugees cancel tour days before it was set to begin (EW)
📌 BTS member Suga apologizes for 'negligence' riding electric scooter drunk after being fined (PEOPLE)
Wednesday, August 7
🚨NATION
📌 Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby brings several feet of rain, heavy flooding to Georgia, South Carolina (CBS)
Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to a foiled Iranian assassination plot potentially targeting Trump (CNN)
📌 Dems outspending GOP nearly 2x on presidential race (AXIOS)
📌 Fast-moving San Bernardino wildfire torches hillside community, forcing evacuations (ABC NEWS)
📌 Red Cross faces emergency blood shortage caused in part by extreme heat (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Venezuela’s Maduro launching investigation into opposition (BBC)
📌 Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks, as its new leader (ABC NEWS)
📌 A Nobel laureate will head Bangladesh’s interim government after unrest (AP)
📌 UK expands jail capacity to house rioters (REUTERS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 US stock indexes move higher the day after global market rout (CNN)
📌 Boeing to make design changes to prevent future 737 MAX 9 door panel blowout (REUTERS)
📌 In historic move, EPA bans pesticide; cites alarming setbacks for fetuses (USA TODAY)
📌 Bloomberg donates $600M to four historically Black medical schools (AXIOS)
📌 World’s five leading chipmakers have now promised US investment (NY TIMES)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Simone Biles talks potential retirement following amazing Paris games (NBC)
📌 American Cole Hocker pulls Olympic shocker in men's 1,500, leaving Kerr and Ingebrigtsen behind (ABC NEWS)
📌 Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif advances to Olympic gold medal round amid gender controversy (NBC)
📌 Country singer Carly Pearce lashes out during concert: 'Get the f--- out of my show' (FOX NEWS)
📌 Serena Williams says she was denied table at restaurant in Paris, restaurant responds (PEOPLE)
Tuesday, August 6
🚨NATION
📌 Harris to announce her VP pick today ahead of their Philadelphia rally (NBC NEWS)
📌 Several US service members wounded during attack on base in Iraq; Iran-connected groups may be involved (FOX NEWS)
📌 Justice Thomas accepted previously undisclosed private jet flight to New Zealand, Senate Democrat says (CNN)
📌 Usha Vance defends husband’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment as a ‘quip’ in first solo interview (AXIOS)
📌 Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona 'fake elector' case (ABC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns, flees country as deadly anti-government rallies grip nation and loot PM residence (CNN)
📌 Two possible scenarios for an Iran attack against Israel (POLITICO)
📌 UK riots plunge country into worst unrest in years, prime minister vows to apply 'full force of law' (MO NEWS)
📌 Evan Gershkovich, freed Americans now face IRS fines, fees for time they were Russia’s hostages (FOX BUSINESS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Bloomberg reporter fired over breaking embargo on Evan Gershkovich's release (HUFF POST)
📌 Tropical Storm Debby threatens Southeast with potentially catastrophic flooding, record-setting rain (AP)
📌 CrowdStrike is sued by fliers after massive outage disrupts air travel (REUTERS)
📌 Elon Musk PAC being investigated by Michigan secretary of state for potential violations (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Dolce & Gabbana launches perfume for dogs (DAILY BEAST)
📌 Belgium drops out race, and Switzerland shuffles line-up after athletes fall ill following race in Seine River (CNN)
📌 Simone Biles, Suni Lee on silent Olympic beam final: 'It was really weird and awkward' (USA TODAY)
📌 Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson's home burglarized, police say (ABC NEWS)
📌 Kehlani's ex claims singer is in a 'cult,' files for full custody of 5-year-old daughter (PEOPLE)
Monday, August 5
🚨NATION
📌 Hurricane Debby barrels toward Florida, with potential record-setting rains farther north (AP)
📌 Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch has stern words for Biden’s plan to overhaul high court: “Be careful.” (FOX NEWS)
📌 San Francisco takes harder line against homeless camps, defying its reputation (NY TIMES)
📌 More US schools are taking breaks for meditation (ABC)
📌 Robert F Kennedy Jr. admits to dumping dead bear in Central Park (THE WRAP)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Dozens killed in protests against Bangladesh’s Prime Minister (WSJ)
📌 Maduro lost election, tallies collected by Venezuela’s opposition show (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Rioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years (CNN)
📌 Chinese migrants rush to find way to U.S. border before doors close (WSJ)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 How Elon Musk wants to wire the human brain (YAHOO! FINANCE)
📌 Why pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS are shuttering locations (CNBC)
📌 S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq end sharply lower as weak jobs report triggers recession fears. (USA TODAY)
📌 ‘The summer job is back’: Teens enter the labor force as employers dish out higher wages, perks (CNBC)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Julia Louis Dreyfus says Kamala Harris is too smart to take advice from ‘Veep’ character Selina Meyer (THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)
📌 Box Office: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ scores $97 million in massive second weekend (VARIETY)
📌 South Korea just held its tenth annual ‘Do Nothing’ competition (CNN)
Friday, August 2
🚨NATION
📌 Senate GOP blocks bill aimed at expanding child tax credit (ABC NEWS)
📌 Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer rolls out 'No Kings Act' to eliminate presidential immunity (NBC NEWS)
📌 Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro becomes odds-on betting favorite to become Kamala Harris' vice president (USA TODAY) The Harris vetting team has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end (NBC NEWS)
📌 Sonya Massey’s mom called 911 to report her daughter was having a mental breakdown the day before she was killed (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade Maduro to release Venezuela election vote tallies (AP)
📌 Hamas military leader Mohammad Deif, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attack, confirmed killed by Israel (NBC NEWS)
📌 'Enough is enough' : Nigerians take to street in protest over a cost-of-living crisis (NPR)
📌 British prime minister announces policing plan to deal with violence after fatal stabbing of girls (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 California wildfire activity is nearly 3,000% higher this year as "increasingly critical" conditions fan the Park Fire (CBS NEWS)
📌 Dow closes nearly 500 points lower Thursday as investors recession fears awaken (NBC NEWS)
📌 US proposes ban on airline fees for seating parents next to kids (NPR)
📌 Soaring coffee prices foretell a financial grind (REUTERS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 How Snoop Dogg became a fixture at the Paris Olympics (NBC)
📌 Cardi B reveals she's pregnant, expecting her third baby after filing for divorce from Offset (PEOPLE)
📌 Carrie Underwood joining ‘American Idol’ as judge, replacing Katy Perry (TODAY)
📌 Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me headed to the big screen (GUARDIAN)
📌 Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s son Miles diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (CNN)
Thursday, August 1
🚨NATION
📌 Rudy Giuliani agrees to deal to end his bankruptcy case, pay creditors' accounting firm $400,000 (AP)
📌 Cancer rates in millennials, Gen X-ers have risen starkly in recent years. This may be why. (YAHOO)
📌 Texas border floating barrier in Rio Grande can stay for now, court rules (FOX NEWS)
📌 Secret Service detains man for incident involving security detail for Harris’ stepdaughter (CNN)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 9/11 alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others reach plea deal to avoid death penalty after two decades in court (ABC NEWS)
📌 Venezuela shops shuttered, transport limited amid fears of more opposition arrests (REUTERS)
📌 UK police open criminal investigation into Washington Post publisher (NPR)
📌 Podium selfie with North and South Korean athletes at the Olympics starts buzz (CNN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Taco Bell to roll out AI drive-thru ordering in hundreds of locations by end of year (NBC NEWS)
📌 Boeing names new CEO after losses more than triple (CNN)
📌 Fed holds rates steady and notes progress on inflation (CNBC)
📌 Study identifies 14 risk factors for dementia, including 2 new ones (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Maya Rudolph will return to ‘SNL’ to play Kamala Harris through 2024 election (CNN)
📌 Netflix ‘Squid Game’ returns in December with Season 2. Final season is set for next year (THE WRAP)
📌 USA's Katie Ledecky wins gold in 1,500-meter freestyle, claiming record-tying 12th Olympic medal in women's swimming (CBS NEWS)
📌 Colin Jost to host pop culture ‘Jeopardy!’ spinoff for Prime Video (DEADLINE)
Wednesday, July 31
🚨NATION
📌 Republican Kari Lake wins Arizona Senate primary setting up face off with Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) (NPR)
📌 VP Kamala Harris set to roll out her vice presidential choice Tuesday in Philadelphia (CNN)
📌 Project 2025 head resigns, but work will continue (AP)
📌 Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools (AP)
📌 White Dudes for Harris raises $4 million (USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Third girl dies in stabbing in attack that has shocked the UK (CNN)
📌 Venezuelans continue to protest as election results appear fraudulent (REUTERS)
📌 El Chapo’s son pleads not guilty to narcotics, money laundering and firearms charges after helping to capture fellow drug kingpin (CNN)
📌 Israeli forces detain reservists for alleged abuse of Palestinian prisoners (WSJ)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in Texas biometric data lawsuit over Facebook images (CNBC)
📌 US job market shows slowed-down hiring (AXIOS)
📌 Spirit Airlines is going upscale. In a break from its history, it will offer fares with extra perks (ABC NEWS)
📌 Amazon is legally responsible for recalling dangerous products sold on its site, agency finds (CBS NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Angelina Jolie is by son Pax's side as he recovers in hospital after e-bike accident: 'he's stable' (PEOPLE)
📌 Norah O’Donnell to exit as ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor to become senior correspondent (VARIETY)
📌 Bella Hadid “shocked” at lack of sensitivity in Adidas ad campaign linked to terror attack on Israeli athletes (CNBC)
📌 Gwen Stefani's son joins Blake Shelton on stage to make country music debut (FOX NEWS)
Tuesday, July 30
🚨NATION
📌 Trump agrees to give a victim interview to the FBI after assassination attempt (CBS NEWS)
📌 California firefighters make progress as wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West (AP)
📌 DC is seeing more divorces and custody battles over politics (AXIOS)
📌 The gender gap widens in the Harris-Trump contest (NBC NEWS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 French infrastructure targeted for a 2nd time during the Olympics, internet and phone cables cut across the country (BI)
📌 UK finance chief says public finances show $28 billion spending hole, cuts road and rail projects (CNBC)
📌 North Korean officials seek medicines for Kim’s obesity-related health problems, Seoul says (AP)
📌 Israeli ministers authorize Netanyahu retaliation against Hezbollah (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI (CNBC)
📌 Sharks are congregating at a California beach. AI is trying to keep swimmers safe (CNN)
📌 FDA approves blood test to detect colon cancer for those at 'average risk' (ABC NEWS)
📌 McDonald's sales decline for first time in years as higher fast food prices hurt demand (FOX BUSINESS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Simone Biles to compete on all four events at Olympic team finals despite calf injury (ABC NEWS)
📌 Sinead O’Connor died of Pulmonary Disease and asthma, death report says (USA TODAY)
📌 Ron Goldman's father files claim against O.J. Simpson estate seeking $117 million (NBC NEWS)
📌 Triathlon cancels Olympic swim training for the second day over poor water quality in the Seine (AP)
Monday, July 29
🚨NATION
📌 I-15 connecting California to Las Vegas reopens after fiery semi-truck accident caused days-long closure (CBS NEWS)
📌 After years of fighting Iowa’s strict abortion law, clinics also prepared to follow it (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
📌 3 Palestinian terror suspects caught after crossing border illegally as overwhelmed agents warn: ‘I probably let terrorists in’ (NY POST)
📌 Vigils to honor Sonya Massey: 'She needed a helping hand, not a bullet to the face'(USA TODAY)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border (NY TIMES)
📌 Venezuelans vote in election that could oust an autocrat (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Putin warns US not to deploy missiles to Germany (GUARDIAN)
📌 Grosseto: The snubbed Italian town that's now winning awards (BBC)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 A Fed interest rate cut is finally within view (WSJ)
📌 Trump pledges to hire people who ‘love’ crypto (BLOOMBERG)
📌 In more than 200 U.S. cities, $1 million only gets you a starter home (CBS NEWS)
📌 National Chicken Wing Day deals: Get free wings at Wingstop, Buffalo Wild Wings, more (USA TODAY)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Simone Biles draws A-list celebrity crowd at Paris Olympics (BBC)
📌 U.S. wins first gold medal of Paris Olympics at men's 4x100 meter freestyle relay (CBS NEWS)
📌 Robert Downey Jr. sets Marvel return as Doctor Doom in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ (VARIETY)
📌 ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ snares $205 million domestic opening, highest R-rated debut ever (CNBC)
Friday, July 26
🚨NATION
📌 House Republicans, and six Dems, vote to rebuke Kamala Harris over administration’s handling of border policy (AP)
📌 DC cleans up vandalism and graffiti in wake of anti-Netanyahu protests (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 Man pushing flaming car into ravine started Park Fire, burning over 70,000 acres in California, officials say (NBC NEWS)
📌 Obama to throw his full support behind Harris (POLITICO)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Netanyahu meets with Biden and Harris to narrow gaps on a Gaza war cease-fire deal (AP) Video of Harris explaining her Israel-Gaza vision following her meeting (MO NEWS)
📌 Russian and Chinese bombers intercepted off of Alaska (ABC NEWS)
📌 Why more U.S. adults are choosing not to have kids (AXIOS)
📌 Ghana's top court upholds law criminalizing gay sex (NBC NEWS)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 CrowdStrike says hackers are threatening to leak sensitive information on adversaries (NBC NEWS)
📌 Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion leaves pools "overflowing" as hazards remain, officials say (CBS NEWS)
📌 Spicy dispute over the origins of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos winds up in court (AP)
📌 Southwest ending its open seating policy (FOX BUSINESS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall (AP)
📌 Harry says battles with British press contributed to rift with the royal family (NBC NEWS)
📌 ‘Happy’ Jennifer Lopez celebrates 55th birthday at low-key East Hampton dinner with friends — but no Ben Affleck (PAGE SIX)
📌 HGTV star Christina Hall says third husband transferred $35k from her account after divorce filing (FOX NEWS)
Thursday, July 25
🚨NATION
📌 Video: Trump shooter Googled “How far away was Oswald from Kennedy?” a week before attack (CBS)
📌 Speaker Johnson seeks to quash "DEI hire"-type attacks on Harris (AXIOS)
📌 Anti-Israel protesters release maggots, crickets in Watergate Hotel in protest of Netanyahu visit (FOX NEWS) American flags burned outside Capitol (POLITICO)
📌 Oregon fire grows large enough to create its own weather as firefighters scramble to battle Western blazes (CBS NEWS)
📌 A breaching whale capsized a boat, tossing 2 people overboard off New Hampshire coast (NPR)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 Massive fires rage in Canada, sending smoke south (WASHINGTON POST)
📌 New Zealand report finds 200,000 people were abused at care facilities over decades (CBS NEWS)
📌 Plane explosion in Nepal captured on shocking video leaves 18 dead, 1 survivor (FOX BUSINESS)
📌 Discovery of poliovirus in Gaza ‘incredibly alarming’, UNICEF executive director says (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Surprise Yellowstone geyser eruption highlights little known hazard at popular park (AP)
📌 CrowdStrike changes internal testing after global outage (AXIOS)
📌 A twice-yearly injection offers 100% protection against HIV, study suggests (NBC NEWS)
📌 A wipeout on Wall Street sends the S&P 500 down by 2% as Big Tech skids (AP)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Jennifer Aniston blasts JD Vance remarks about women (PEOPLE)
📌 Kevin Hart has Tom Brady roast regrets (DEADLINE)
📌 Salt Lake City confirmed as host for the 2034 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee (CNN)
📌 ‘Inside Out 2’ blows past Frozen 2 to become the biggest animated movie of all time (PEOPLE)
📌 Prince William's multimillion-dollar salary revealed after receiving new title (FOX BUSINESS)
Wednesday, July 24
🚨NATION
📌 Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorse Harris for president (NBC NEWS)
📌 House leadership announces bipartisan task force on Trump assassination attempt (CNN)
📌 Delta faces federal investigation as it scraps hundreds of flights for fifth straight day (CBS NEWS)
📌 Trump will meet with Netanyahu at Mar-A-Lago on Friday (POLITICO) Johnson warns of “zero-tolerance policy” for Netanyahu disruptions (AXIOS)
🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
📌 1,000 people suspected of spying have been blocked from Olympics, French official says (AP)
📌 Violence against women at 'epidemic' levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn (ABC NEWS)
📌 Hamas and Fatah sign agreement in Beijing ‘ending’ their division, China says (CNN)
📌 Famed national park evacuated in Canada as fires threaten the area (GUARDIAN)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
📌 Sharks in Brazil test positive for cocaine, say scientists (CNN)
📌 June home sales slump, pointing to a buyer's market as supply increases (CNBC)
📌 FTC launches probe into 'surveillance pricing' that it says links cost to customer data (NBC NEWS)
📌 States across US are seeing seasonal increase in mosquitoes with West Nile virus (ABC NEWS)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
📌 Celine Dion poised to make comeback performance at Paris Olympics (VARIETY)
📌 Beyoncé gives permission to Kamala Harris to use song on campaign trail (BI)
📌 Ryan Reynolds reveals name of his 4th child with Blake Lively (TODAY)
📌 Kathy Hilton reveals she had to calm Kyle Richards down after Mauricio Umansky was spotted kissing another woman (PAGE SIX)